EAST MIDLANDS |
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August 2008 Issue No 107 |
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Wet and frequently overcast with temperatures above average
because of warm nights |
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AUGUST |
Total |
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Max |
Total number of days of: |
Total |
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Extremes in degrees C: |
Grass |
Month's |
Diff |
Total |
2008 |
Rain |
% of |
24hr |
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Snow: |
Thu- |
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Sun |
% of |
Day Maximum |
Night Minimum |
Min |
Mean |
Mean |
Mean |
from |
Frosts: |
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(mm) |
avg |
(mm) |
Rain |
Fllg |
Lyg |
nder |
Fog |
Hail |
(hrs) |
avg |
Highest |
Lowest |
Highest |
Lowest |
Lowest |
Max |
Min |
Temp |
avg |
Air |
Grd |
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| DERBYS: |
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| Derby |
72.2 |
128 |
12.6 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
* |
23.9 |
18.0 |
18.5 |
9.0 |
* |
20.9 |
13.6 |
17.2 |
0.6 |
0 |
* |
| Mickleover |
75.8 |
140 |
11.3 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
109.2 |
65 |
24.1 |
17.2 |
17.9 |
8.1 |
6.5 |
20.8 |
13.2 |
17.0 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
| Middleton |
129.8 |
181 |
26.4 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
81.6 |
47 |
21.3 |
15.0 |
16.2 |
8.7 |
5.0 |
18.1 |
11.9 |
15.0 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
| Wirksworth |
103.2 |
162 |
21.3 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
* |
* |
23.0 |
17.0 |
17.5 |
5.9 |
1.5 |
19.9 |
12.5 |
16.2 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
| Rosliston |
69.6 |
139 |
12.4 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
116.5 |
65 |
23.7 |
17.6 |
17.9 |
4.9 |
2.2 |
20.8 |
12.9 |
16.9 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
| NOTTS: |
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| Lowdham |
62.1 |
114 |
15.7 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
* |
* |
25.1 |
17.7 |
17.5 |
7.5 |
4.7 |
21.9 |
13.1 |
17.5 |
0.8 |
0 |
0 |
| Eastwood |
68.0 |
133 |
25.0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
* |
* |
25.0 |
17.7 |
18.6 |
8.0 |
* |
22.7 |
14.3 |
18.5 |
1.5 |
0 |
* |
| LINCS: |
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| Louth |
104.5 |
200 |
31.2 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
* |
0 |
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24.0 |
17.7 |
16.6 |
8.9 |
7.2 |
22.0 |
13.2 |
17.6 |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
| LEICS: |
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| Desford |
103.8 |
176 |
18.0 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
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23.8 |
17.0 |
16.5 |
6.7 |
* |
21.1 |
12.1 |
16.6 |
0.2 |
0 |
* |
| Mountsorrel |
87.2 |
148 |
15.4 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
100.4 |
56 |
23.6 |
17.7 |
17.4 |
7.5 |
* |
20.5 |
13.4 |
17.0 |
0.6 |
0 |
* |
| Loughborough |
101.4 |
160 |
16.5 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
* |
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24.0 |
19.0 |
17.0 |
9.0 |
* |
21.4 |
13.0 |
17.2 |
0.3 |
0 |
* |
| Cosby |
61.1 |
103 |
9.4 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
105.6 |
61 |
24.4 |
16.6 |
16.8 |
6.6 |
4.4 |
20.9 |
12.5 |
16.7 |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
| NORTHANTS: |
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| Pitsford Hall |
86.0 |
177 |
24.7 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
131.6 |
78 |
24.5 |
17.0 |
15.0 |
8.6 |
* |
20.2 |
12.8 |
16.5 |
0.1 |
0 |
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| WARWICKS: |
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| Bablake |
105.2 |
159 |
21.6 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
111.8 |
60 |
23.6 |
15.7 |
17.7 |
8.0 |
2.9 |
20.3 |
13.1 |
16.7 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
| CAMBS: |
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| Ely |
53.1 |
106 |
10.6 |
19 |
15 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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25.0 |
17.2 |
16.3 |
9.2 |
7.5 |
21.6 |
13.2 |
17.4 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
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| MEAN DATA |
85.5 |
148 |
18.1 |
18 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
108.1 |
61 |
23.9 |
17.2 |
17.2 |
7.8 |
4.7 |
20.9 |
13.0 |
16.9 |
0.5 |
0 |
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| 1971-2000 Aug |
56.5 |
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178.8 |
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16.3 |
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Notes: |
1. * = data not available 2. 'Average' refers to each
station's 1971-2000 means |
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| OBSERVERS' NOTES |
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Rosliston: Considerably more rainfall than in August 2007 |
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Mickleover: Mean surface pressure 1009.3 was lowest on my
August records |
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Louth: Highest daily rainfall total for August since 1996 |
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Mountsorrel: Dullest August in Leicestershire since 1986 |
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Cosby: Thick fog (100m) 0600GMT 0n 31st |
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Middleton: The dullest summer month since sunshine records
began 1981 |
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Wirksworth: The mean cloud cover at 0900 was the highest
on record for August |
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Desford: Day maximums were very disappointing |
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